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26 Feb 2014
Lab research focus Bizarre evolutionary games arise when species evolve to have males and females. These include resolving sexual conflict, choosing mates,...
18 Feb 2014
Indigenous cultures around the globe use traditional medicines and pass on knowledge, developed over centuries, that is directly linked to the natural...
11 Feb 2014
The Solomon Lab hosted groups of students from the National Youth Science Forum.
5 Feb 2014
Graham Farquhar and CSIRO Fellow Richard Richards won a coveted international science prize for their ground-breaking research into more water efficient wheat.
3 Feb 2014
Big waves are energetically costly for fish, and there are more big waves than ever. The good news is that fish might be able to adapt. “There has been a lot...
21 Jan 2014
Lab researching: Two main areas of research at the moment: 1. A very simple and inexpensive (and rather crazy!) cancer immunotherapy treatment I have come up...
14 Jan 2014
Lab research My lab is focussed on understanding the ways different photosynthetic organisms have adapted their photosynthetic biochemistry and physiology to...
13 Jan 2014
Associate Professor Warwick Hillier: 18 October 1967 – 10 January 2014 It is with great sadness that we acknowledge the premature death of our highly valued...
8 Jan 2014
Researchers from RSB and CSIRO Plant Industry, have taken a second look at where we begin to read genes, leading to the discovery of more than 2,000 new human...
20 Dec 2013
Australia’s unusual swimming ants take their own ‘sunglasses’ when they go to the beach – to shield their sensitive eyes from bright sunlight. Scientists at...
20 Dec 2013
New research has found some birds choose not to reproduce so they can guard the nests of their close relatives. “One of the mysteries of evolutionary biology...
19 Dec 2013
Members of the Research School of Biology will participate in three new ARC Centres of Excellence. The new ARC Centre of Excellence for the Translational...